Regional Focus: Europe

Events:

Conference: From Fortress Europe to Sanctuary Europe: Building a Social Movement for Inclusive Asylum, Oxford, 18-19 June 2016 [info]

Webinar: Breaking Ground: City Solutions for Refugee Housing in Münster and Cleveland, Online, 30 June 2016 [info]

Publications:

Asylum in the EU Member States: Number of First Time Asylum Seekers Down to Fewer than 290,000 in the First Quarter of 2016 (EUROSTAT, June 2016) [text]

"Dangerous Crossing: Demographic and Clinical Features of Rescued Sea Migrants Seen in 2014 at an Outpatient Clinic at Augusta Harbor, Italy," Conflict and Health, 10:14 (June 2016) [open access]

"Diminishing Solidarity: Polish Attitudes toward the European Migration and Refugee Crisis," Migration Information Source, 16 June 2016 [text]

EPC Policy Update for the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM, May 2016 [text]
- Provides an update on European migration policy developments.

EU and Global Asylum-Related Migration Research: Gaining an Overview, Floriana, Malta, 16 May 2016 [info]
- Some of the presentations are available here.

Europeans Face the World Divided (Pew Research Center, June 2016) [access]
- Survey results, including views towards refugee crisis; table of contents is on the right.

Family Reunion in the United Kingdom (UNHCR, March 2016) [text]

Fleeing Persecution: Asylum Claims in the UK on Religious Freedom Grounds (APPG for Intl. Freedom of Religion or Belief, June 2016) [text]
- See also related Free Movement blog post and Economist article.

Housing Qualities and Effects on Identity and Well-Being: Theoretical Perspectives for Interdisciplinary Research on Asylum Seeker Receptions Centres, Research report no. 169 (Lillehammer Univ. et al., 2016) [text]

Migration to Europe through the Western Balkans: Serbia & The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, December 2015-May 2016 (REACH, May 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Progress Made in the Implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement (European Commission, June 2016) [access]
- Follow link for progress report and factsheets.

Regional Refugee and Migrant Response Plan for Europe: Eastern Mediterranean and Western Balkans Route, January to December 2016 (UNHCR, revised May 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Western Balkans: Annual Risk Analysis 2016 (Frontex, June 2016) [text via ReliefWeb]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Europe (10 June 2016)

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